Page 55 of His Pirate Wife

“Steady forward, Mia, it’s not hurricane strength winds for us tonight,” he said sweeping her up then laying her softly on thebed.

“No?”

“No.” He shrugged out of his robe and slid in beside her then pulled her tight againsthim.

“Why not?” Mia asked and closed her eyes to the feel of his lips placing soft, light kisses on her shoulder, cheek andchin.

“Because sometimes my wife needs to know what it feels like to be loved,” he said. Then he claimed herlips.

Sometimes it was good to feel the gentle rock of making love. And Devin could raise the tides without needing to create astorm.

One hand slipped under her shoulder, cradling her, while the other smoothed down her arm then up her ribs and over her breast. His calloused thumb brushed across the nipple, making it stiffen and pull. His lips worked at hers, careful to kiss every inch before deepening it so his tongue gently dueled with hers. That hand at her breast eased down her belly, tickling her at the hip so she giggled. She felt him smile against her mouth then move his hand lower. His knuckles brushed over her sex, parting the full lips there to give him access to the bud he so liked to play with. But tonight he was slow and deliberate in every touch. A soft stroke, a light pinch, a small tug. And while his more harsh play brought it on much faster this created a heat inside her that made her ache to be doused in the cold waters she’d been cursing only an hourago.

“Captain,” she sighed when he finally rolled over and settled between herlegs.

“Say my name, Mia. I so love hearing you say my name the way you do.” He pushed forward entering her enough she knew he had, but settling his weight so she couldn’t drive him in deeper atwill.

“Devin,” Mia said and lifted to meet him as he pushed in as far as he could and again settled on her so she couldn’tmove.

“Aye, my name Mia, when I love you. My name then. Save ‘captain’ for when I master and command you.” He reached down and pulled her leg so her knee bent, allowing him to edge in the tiniest bitmore.

“Love me, Devin,” Mia told him as she wrapped that leg around his waist. “Loveme.”

“With everything I am,” he told her, lifting up and rocking forward thenback.

Mia matched the slow steady motion and reveled in how she could feel every hard, solid rippled inch of him as he moved inside her soft walls. How perfectly they worked together. Wind and sail, they pushed forward through the waves. Steady and smooth, but hard and determined. It was what lovers did. It was what a man and a woman who knew their place beside each other were granted. They didn’t need to head towards any horizon. Everything that brought them happiness was there in the one they stoodbeside.

Devin’s fine mastery of Mia’s body kept the waters rising, swamping her with sensation after sensation but never letting her sink and drown. He knew exactly when to push forward hard and deep, and when to ease in and tease enough of her aching, wet channel. Where she ended and he began she couldn’t be sure. All she knew was when she took that last gasp of breath before the waves covered her she never wanted to end this journey, and she never wanted another as hercaptain.

“My perfect wife,” Devin breathed as his own release came a little less softly thanMia’s.

“My sound husband,” Mia said reaching to kiss his chin, as he again settled his warm body over hers. She clenched her sex and made him groan and his cockjumped.

“Wicked little pirate,” Devin chuckled and kissed her then rolled away before she could try and fill his sails a secondtime.

“Careful, Captain,” Mia warned, rolling against him and letting her hand trail down until it rested on his stem. “You might regret if you happen to encourage me to bad behavior.” She gave him a squeeze. He moaned and his cocklifted.

“Little pirate,” he said lifting into her hand. “Youmight regret poor behavior, but I most certainly won’t.” With a growl he rolled over her and made her feel like she would drown inpleasure.

Chapter 19

Devin rubbedhis brow and again checked his watch. He didn’t know why he needed to be here, he’d already written a formal letter and given testimony against Mallory’s actions. He knew too, that in an attempt to save his own career, Bennet had written something though the content wasn’t known to anyone but the admiral’s board. Pushing off from the wall where he’d been leaning, Devinpaced.

He needed to get home and check on Mia. The last several days she hadn’t felt well. In fact, she had been rather sick and the illness was throwing her ballast off. She was an emotional wreck most every day for the last week. First angry fits and then crying for no reason at all. She’d be quite determined to do something on her own and then complain she was utterly incapable of so much as decision making. This morning she’d burst into tears because he stepped on a flower that sprung up in the walk. He’d often teased her about having her rigging in a knot, but of late her rigging was tangled, her sails twisted, and she was dragging anchor. It was worryingeveryone.

The doors to his left opened and a formally dressed lieutenant stepped out. “Captain Winthrop, they’re ready foryou.”

Devin took a deep breath and tried to focus on the proceedings at hand. Looking at who was in the court he knew he needed to do more than try. The vice admiral himself sat center among the five other admirals at the table. Devin didn’t know anyone other than the vice admiral, though their name plaques sat forward on the table. Admiral Booker had excused himself due to his personal relationship with Mia. Devin stepped up, came to attention and snapped asalute.

“Captain,” Vice Admiral Saumarez said and nodded in his direction, “Stand at ease Captain.” Devin shifted position and took note of how the ranking men in the room looked between he and Captain Mallory. “Captain Winthrop, we’ve read your complaint about the continued harassment of your wife, Mrs. Mia Lynn Cadley Winthrop, by Captain Mallory. Do you wish to add anything to thecomplaint?”

“Admiral, only that I’m not seeking vengeance in this matter. Simply an end in his persistence to disrupt my wife’s activities. For whatever reason, Captain Mallory has set course to cause Mrs. Winthrop distress. He has mostly succeeded, and I wish him to drop anchor now before any more harm can be done,” Devin said, knowing the man well enough faced a less than honorable discharge if things went as badly as they could for him. Nobility or not, such a thing could ruin himcompletely.

“Captain Mallory,” Admiral Dunham called, and the man came to attention. “Have you a response that might justify the actions you stand accusedof?”

“Aye, Admiral,” Mallory turned, took a stack of papers from the table closest to him, and stepped towards the board. “Captain Winthrop wants me to end my investigations into his wife’s activities because he knows her to be a pirate, as do I.” Mallory handed the papers over and turned to glare with some great satisfaction atDevin.

Devin managed to bite his tongue and not react. His response clearly disturbed the man who thought to fire a shot across his bow. He watched the admiral shuffle through the documents and he saw Mallory point out several things that were important, at least in hismind.

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